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US legislators, students push for K-12 Asian American studies The year of anti-Asian violence has led students and teachers to advocate for reexamining how Asian American studies and history are taught in public school By Annie Ma / AP, CHARLOTTE, North Carolina When the Asian American Student Union at a Connecticut high school organized a Zoom call following the killing of six Asian women in Atlanta, senior Lily Feng thought maybe 10 or 15 classmates would attend. When she logged on, more than 50 people from her school were online. By the call’s end, nearly 100 people had joined. Seeing her peers at Farmington High School turn out for the conversation one piece of a student-led effort to explore Asian American identity issues made her realize how much they wanted to listen and learn about a topic that is often absent from the curriculum. ....
After the tragic killing of six Asian women in Atlanta, students are asking for mandatory Asian heritage instruction in the classroom. Illinois is poised to become the first state to require public schools to teach Asian American studies. ....
Annie Ma June 09, 2021 - 10:23 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) â When the Asian American Student Union at a Connecticut high school organized a Zoom call following the killing of six Asian women in Atlanta, senior Lily Feng thought maybe 10 or 15 classmates would attend. When she logged on, more than 50 people from her school were online. By the call s end, nearly 100 people had joined. Seeing her peers at Farmington High School turn out for the conversation â one piece of a student-led effort to explore Asian American identity issues â made her realize how much they wanted to listen and learn about a topic that is often absent from the curriculum. ....
Legislators, students push for K-12 Asian American studies ANNIE MA, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8In this Monday, May 10, 2021 photo, Senior Annie Chen, center, listens with classmates as Connecticut Attorney General William Tong speaks for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at Farmington High School in Farmington, Conn. The year of anti-Asian violence has led students and teachers to advocate for reexamining how Asian American studies and history are taught in public schools.Jessica Hill/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8In this Monday, May 10, 2021 photo, teacher Clarissa Tan, right, and Asian American Student Union students talk with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, center, during a program for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at Farmington High School in Farmington, Conn. The year of anti-Asian violence has led students and teachers to advocate for reexamining how Asian American studies and history are taught in public s ....